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Lightning

Black diamond Park City, UT

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical414 ft
Length1,134 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSE
Top8,305 ft

Lightning drops 414 vertical feet over 1,134 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 1,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 80th steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces southeast.

How well Lightning holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 22°, Lightning gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd sunniest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 8,310 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Lightning profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lightning elsewhere

Nearby at Park City

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.